The Federal Government again on Thursday hit at the Academic Staff Union of Universities for opposing the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System of the Federal Government, saying no government agency must resist it.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning , Zainab Ahmed, who stated this at the budget defence secession organised by the Senate Committee on Finance in Abuja , described ASUU ’s opposition as misplaced .
ASUU has opposed a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari, who at the 2020 budget presentation in the National Assembly on October 8, ordered that all public sector workers to register for the IPPIS to save cost and fight corruption.
But the lecturers on Monday opposed the Federal Government, saying the IPPIS negated the law on university autonomy .
The Accountant- General of the Federation , Alhaji Ahmed Idris, countered ASUU, saying its position was an endorsement of corruption.
The IPPIS , which was introduced in 2007 , is aimed at centralising payroll and payment systems, facilitating convenient staff remuneration with minimal wastage as well as aiding manpower training and budgeting.
You can’ t be staff members of all varsities , minister tells lecturers
On Thursday, the Finance Minister, Ahmed, faulted ASUU , saying no government must resist the IPPIS .
She said , “ The resistance to the IPPIS is misplaced as far as I am concerned because there is no agency of government that must resist it. It must be treated with utmost importance. The universities and some medical institutions have some peculiarities .
“ For instance, a medical officer in the public service can consult in different hospitals, but he should still have one primary point of employment.
“ A lecturer , based on the approval given by the minister, is also allowed to lecture in more than one universities. That, however , does not mean that he should feature in all the institutions as a staff member.
“ At best, there would be special allowances that would be due to them for those extra-work. The allowances should , however , not be included in the payroll .
“ We have been discussing with them and we are arranging peculiar allowances for them too. This is to make sure that the extra- work they do , according to the limits that is allowed, is provided for in the payroll .
“ They have understood now that their concerns would be addressed and they have started working with us. As we speak , the Accountant General staff are on the field trying to capture the last batch of the staff into the IPPIS . ”
The Minister said the IPPIS had been extremely beneficial because the Federal Government had been able to save up to about N250 bn from the exercise .
She said , “ The savings would be more when we integrate the HI component of the IPPIS which is controlled by the Head of Service.
“ It is a record of staff . When a worker retires from the service , the system will automatically log him out .
“ At the moment, we await instructions before we log out retired workers . Some people have retired but they are still on the payroll . There are lots of cleaning up that we have to do . We have been working with the Head of Service to fast- track that integration.

source: https://punchng.com/ippis-controversy-fg-hits-ASUU-says-no-agency-must-oppose-payment-system/

I support FG on this. It is a welcome development. I am just curious why ASUU opposed the payment system out of all agencies working for the FG.

Ok. Nice development by the FG

ASUU are not unite.....

Na so

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not unite in what sense?

Criminal civil servants

Lecturers want to cashout major, IPPIS na dulling.

ASUU has to join the Payment Platform. Instead of opposing it. They should rather work with the Federal government on how to include their numerous allowances.

The platform will get rid of corrupt practises and ghost workers.

Very nice. It's now on the Federal government to invest those savings on things that will benefit every Nigerian(including the common man).

Anytime that hear ASUU

ASUU want scam us. Virtually all FG agencies are under IPPIS which has helped to curb ghost workers and bogus payments to at least 90%. So these lecturers have been collecting double and triple salaries under the guise of being employed as staff in different Federal Universities. They know IPPIS will burst their scam, that's why they are against it.

ASUU is gradually becoming an association of criminals. They want autonomy yet still clamour for government's financing.

Ólé... If they want total autonomy, they must be ready to source for their finances.

ASSU will become useless and will not be able to make any demand. Because any attempt to go on strike will be countered with "no work no pay"

ASUU stands for corruption. A bunch of useless outdated lecturers

I read through the post and I think the initiative is on point if only all the money gotten through all these plugged leakages would be used for the growth of the country by the federal govt and not their usual stealing

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My only question is why is the FG paying lecturers salaries when universities still collect fees.

Great! Government must not back down. ASUU members either joins IPPIS or forget about collecting salaries. They cannot have their way in every situation. They are not bigger than other FG workers that have joined the platform. He who pays the piper dictates the music. We must put an end to payroll fraud in Federal universities.

Our lecturers want to lecture in more than one university and be on the payroll of all of them but because of their BVN , the system will not allow for this.
They should understand that circumventing the system in any way is tantamount to corruption. The minstry of finance should not bend backwards to accommodate this.
No lecturer in a federal institution must lecture in another federal institution but rather in a state institution instead. This should be good enough for them
I think this lecturers collecting in more than one institution is the reason they have not been able to think outside the box or come out with inventions that can bring about development and growth in our nation.

They will resist it now. Since they are the ones featuring and collecting salaries in ten universities at the same time while other eligible ..agile and more priductiv youths write aptitude test up and down and still end up jobless.

Even the law maker didn't joining IPPIS. What ASSU is fighting for is to capture all their allowances into the payroll system.

I always oppose FG policy but this is welcome development

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ASUU and Corruption

When will National Assembly and Presidency join? Until then they are all jokers. Those ones steal in trillions? Why won't the National Assembly be placed on minimum wage too.?

TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES (ASUU), ABUJA ZONE, TO ADDRESS THE FORCEFUL ENROLMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES INTO THE INTERGRATED PAYROLL AND PERSONNEL INFORMATION SYSTEM (IPPIS) BY GOVERNMENT, 24TH OCTOBER, 2019.

Ladies and gentlemen of the Press,

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja Zone, comprising Federal University of Technology Minna, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Federal University of Lafia and University of Abuja wishes to expose the set of machination of contradictions contained in press releases and jingles which emmanated from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation in respect of our union’s position on migration to the IPPIS.

Members of the press, our Union has watched with disdain how the AGF in the past few days chose a complex play of relations which unite, and at the sametime oppose, his office with corruption; instead of adressing the corruption, inefficiency and inefectiveness replete with IPPIS as demonstrated in our presentation of October 8th, 2019, during a meeting between the OAGF, IPPIS, VCs and the Unions, the AGF resorted to time wasting in sterile litanies and nuaseating mimicry. We argued in that meeting that the IPPIS as being run means erosion of Universities’ power to control and regulate their personnel, and payroll system and offered to provide a better alternative.
Ladies and gentlemen, it seems the AGF has stopped reading. Otherwise, how could the high OAGF not have known that the Universities Miscellaneous Provisions Amendment Act of 2003, provides conspicuously that “the power of council shall be exercised in the law and statutes of each university and to that extent establishment circular that is inconsistent with laws and statutes of the universities shall not apply to the universities”. The OAGF argues thus: because the government releases the money, the government must control it from the centre. And, we pointed out that the law is unambigious, “you cannot regulate the personnel of the universities from the centre”. How does this amount to endorsing corruption?

We need the office of the AGF to tell Nigerians whether or not the enrolment of our members into the IPPIS is not a blatant violation of Universities Authonomy. Whether or not the enrolment contradict the basic principles of the superiority of the Governing Council in the general administration of funds, employment and promotion of staff? The university system is dynamic, therefore any attempt to intergrate the Universties into the IPPIS will not only undermine the much cherised University Autonomy that our founding fathers had fought for but will also unleash on the university unintended consequences which include mutating academics into mainstream civil service.

Our stand is supported by law. In fact, it is the OAGF’s position that is a sort of bizzare. For instance:

“it was agreed that the Universities should be allowed to operate in compliance with their enabling laws , statuses , rules and regulations in conformity with due process and within the laws of the land.” Section 2AA of the Universities Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act 2003.

We demand the OAGF to tell Nigerians what will become of the Federal Government agreement with ASUU since 1992, paragraph 5.0 of which clearly states that:

i. The powers of the Governing council shall be exercised as in the statutes and laws of each University.

ii. Governing Council shall be left free to exercise their responsibility for good management, growth and development of their respective Universities.

iii. All laws that fetter the free operation of Universities, threaten academic freedom, impede free enquiry, constrain the exercise of initiative, smother imagination, obstruct the pursuit of truth, and violates constitutionally guranteed rights, shall be abrogated.

iv. Circulars from ministries shall be deemed invalid to the extent that they are inconsistent with the laws and Regulations of the Universities and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

WE STILL INSIST THAT IPPIS LACKS THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THE PECULIARITIES IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

1. There is no clear and convincing evidence that IPPIS can capture renumeration of staff on sabbstical, external exerminers, external assessors, and Earned Academic Allowance. The IPPIS does not and cannot cater for the constant movement of staff in the cases of visiting, adjunt, and part-tme.

2. In practice, IPPIS cannot predict and address the promotion of academics especially Associate Professors and Professors, which is subject to external assessment.

3. IPPIS will constitute an impediment in the way of the ability of Universities to recruit staff for new programmes as well as replace same; newly employed staff cannot be paid their salaries until they are enrolled into IPPIS data base.

4. The IPPIS recognizes 60 years and 65 years as against 70 years retirement age of a Professor.

5. On the issues of lecturers on sabbatical leave, IPPIS recognizes, For a maximum period of one year only but applicable to every
Seven years, as against five years.

6. The Law establishing each University is an Act of the National Assembly; hence, it cannot be upturned by an Executive action or operations of the Office of the Accountant General of the federation.

The office of AGF should note that our members are not answerable to his office but to their respective Governing Councils and that no University in the world operates IPPIS related system. Consequently, AGF should as a matter of urgency seek to uncover the Massive corruption in his office since the introduction of IPPIS.

In conclusion, the Abuja zone of ASUU wishes to reaffirm its objection to the idea of IPPIS since it undermines university Autonomy. And, since IPPIS has no place in the Act, it is illegal and unconstitutional.


Prof. Theophilus Lagi
Zonal Coordinator Abuja.